Memorable bus journeys
Tuesday 11th June 2019 Yesterday was the final time routes 293 and 294 connected various Kent villages with Tenterden. The routes’ withdrawal are a consequence of Kent County Council’s slimmed … Continue Reading 293 and 294 bow out in Kent
Sunday 9th June 2019 The Epping Ongar Railway is having one of its popular steam weekends this weekend and I took a ride to the end of the Central Line … Continue Reading All steamed up in Ongar
Friday 7th June 2019It’s been a long time waiting but finally First Bus have allocated much needed double deck buses on their high profile Glasgow Airport Express route 500. Ten … Continue Reading Elevated views on the 500
Thursday 6th June 2019 It may not rank as high as the West Highland Line, the Kyle of Lochalsh Line or the Far North Line in the great Scottish Scenic … Continue Reading A day in Stranraer and The Rhins
Friday 31st May 2019 There’s been a welcome resurgence in the traditional open top bus market (as opposed to high profile City Sightseeing) over the last few years with long … Continue Reading Topless in Hastings
While I was giving GoSutton a try between the Royal Marsden and St Helier Hospitals in Sutton on Tuesday my friend James tweeted suggesting I also give the H1 inter-hospital … Continue Reading H1: the hidden hospital bus
Bank Holiday Monday 27th May 2019 Southern Transit run a once a week bus route between Horsham and Shoreham-by-Sea following as closely as possible the Adur Valley railway line between … Continue Reading Riding the Adur Valley Line
Friday 24th May 2019 There was a time if you fancied running a coach travel business you’d get yourself a coach or two (probably decent second-hand stock to begin with), … Continue Reading Commuting with Zeelo
Wednesday 22nd May 2019 I left you yesterday morning in Sheffield about to head west on the delightful Hope Valley line (No 12 in My 100 Best Train Journeys) with … Continue Reading May’s new timetable on track: Part 2
Wednesday 15th May 2019 ‘Winding your way down on Baker Street’ the late great Gerry Rafferty sang; and since February, if he’d still been with us, he would be able … Continue Reading Gerry wouldn’t be impressed
Friday 3rd May 2019 Finding myself in Glasgow at 7.30am yesterday morning (after my inaugural Caledonian Sleeper Mark 5 journey) I thought it would be an opportunity to continue the … Continue Reading Breich, Borders, Bike Buses and Berwick
Monday 29th April 2019 Today’s been a fascinating day visiting three tiny islands off England’s north west coast alongside Barrow in Furness. Until a few months ago when planning this … Continue Reading Funday in Furness
Sunday 21st April 2019 Let’s get the vinyl-over-windows frustration out of the way first. It’s never a good idea to ask the public to vote on branding; it’s bad enough … Continue Reading Jersey Boys take a Liberty
Friday 19th April 2019 It’s not often a completely new bus route starts up. Usually changes to bus services see variations to long standing routes featuring improvements or reductions to … Continue Reading 11X goes down a storm on a sun soaked Bank Holiday
Wednesday 17th April 2019 One of London’s best bus routes started up again today for the summer season. Route RP1 runs on Wednesdays from 17th April until the end of … Continue Reading Three non red bus rides in London
Tuesday 9th April 2019 Transport for London’s bus service 969 is the last route standing of a once substantial ‘Mobility Bus’ network of routes operating one or two days a … Continue Reading TfL’s least frequent bus route
Friday 5th April 2019 It’s that time of year when local authorities begin a fresh financial twelve months which with dindling Government funding often means less money to spend than … Continue Reading Two penultimate bus journeys
Monday 1st April 2019 I’d seen the build up in the trade press last summer. Another ‘on-demand’ ‘ride-sharing’ ‘app-based’ ‘innovative’ minibus service due to start running between central/north London and … Continue Reading I won’t let a software glitch beat me
Tuesday 19th March 2019 Lothian Buses have just started operating their brand new 100 seat tri-axle buses in service on city routes 11 and 16. I thought I’d take a … Continue Reading 4,200 bus seats for Edinburgh
Thursday 14th March 2019 It began a month ago. A day out to Norwich to travel route 88 via Bungay and Halesworth to Southwold, where I’d catch the four-journey-a-day tendered … Continue Reading An Anglian Adventure
Sunday 10th March 2019 It’s always a pleasure to visit the Garden of England. My journeys on two days last week included visits to both ends of Kent – to Dover … Continue Reading A great Deal in Kent
Day 5 Sunday 3rd March 2019 Glasgow to Carlisle I always look forward to a journey down the West Coast Main Line between Glasgow and Carlisle, or for a … Continue Reading Home from scenic Scotland
Day 3 Friday 1st March 2019 Mull of Kintyre When planning trips it’s not often I’ll schedule a long journey out and back by exactly the same route and mode … Continue Reading A few days in scenic Scotland 2
Thursday 21st February 2019 It’s reminded me of London 2012. Aside from the brilliant athletes and the behind-the-scenes organisational excellence it was the deployment of Games Makers which made for … Continue Reading Britain’s biggest rail replacement ever. Part 2.
Monday 11th February 2019 I’m a great fan of the TrawsCymru high profile long distance bus routes crisscrossing the Welsh nation. They compliment the rail network and provide some great … Continue Reading I rode the secret TrawsCymru bus route
Sunday 10th February 2019 January 2018 saw Rossendale Borough Council become the latest in the dwindling band of local authority municipal owners to sell off its bus company. Transdev Blazefield … Continue Reading Rosso ride round round up
Thursday 24th January 2019 The recent launch of First Bus’s nine brand new Scania Irizar i6 bodied K-series coaches for its prestigous RailAir nonstop service linking Reading Station with Heathrow … Continue Reading railair & you’re there
Monday 7th January 2019 It’s all happening in Guildford this week. Stagecoach South introduced a fleet of nine ADL Enviro 200EV electric buses on the Guildford Park and Ride services … Continue Reading Battle for Bellfields begins as Guildford goes electric
Sunday 6th January 2019 Today saw the launch of the third route in Bristol’s metrobus trilogy: the m1. And this is the biggy. Route m3 was first out of the … Continue Reading The m1 arrives in Bristol
1 What are passengers in Basingstoke soon to miss, that those in Leicester suffered a loss of in the summer? Printed timetables …. as Stagecoach South announced they wouldn’t be … Continue Reading 2018 Quiz Answers
Tuesday 18th December 2018 After my fortnightly French Connection column got ditched last summer, readers of Bus & Coach Buyer have reportedly been worried sick they’ll miss my ritual round … Continue Reading 2018 Review, Awards and Quiz of the Year
Saturday 3rd November 2018 There’s a handy passenger ferry which connects the south western tip of Hayling Island with the south eastern tip of Portsea Island across Langstone Harbour. It … Continue Reading A Lifebelt for ailing Hayling Ferry
Monday 29th October There’s something not quite right on the Cambridge Busway. That’s apart from a driver shortage impacting the reliability of Stagecoach services. I arrived at the Cambridge Station … Continue Reading Cambridge Busway confusion
Wednesday 17th October 2018 ‘Snap is premium inter-city travel, on demand, using the UK’s best independent coach companies. All for pocket money prices. Snap was founded in 2016 by Thomas … Continue Reading I just snapped!
Tuesday 16th October 2018 No, not the infamous leisure park in Surrey, that’s so last decade; I’m talking Thorpe Park as in ‘a flagship scheme for the Northern Powerhouse Agenda’ … Continue Reading I went to Thorpe Park by bus
Monday 15th October 2018 I’ve been spending a few days travelling by bus around West Yorkshire. Always a pleasure for me as, aside from brief spells with London Transport in … Continue Reading Wandering around West Yorkshire
30th September 2018 The turnaround of fortunes for First Bus in Cornwall is quite remarkable. You can’t fail to be impressed by the huge investment in new vehicles, eye catching … Continue Reading Turnaround Cornwall
Friday 28th September 2018 TfL’s much leaked cuts to central London’s bus routes were officially published today as a six week public consultation is launched. As expected the plans involve … Continue Reading Spiralling decline in London
Tuesday 25th September 2018 There aren’t many towns of Ipswich’s size (circa 150,000 population) with two bus stations. Many similar sized towns don’t even stretch to having one bus station … Continue Reading Which Ipswich bus station?
Saturday 22nd September 2018 I’ve been travelling by bus around the Outer Hebrides over the last few days. What an amazing bus adventure it’s been. Scenery to die for. Never … Continue Reading Out in the Outer Hebrides
